Improvement in spittoons



JONATHAN H..SEYMOUR.

Improvement in Spttoons.

120,673. FIC'ZI v Patented -Nov.7,1871.

UNITED STATES JONATHAN H. SEYMOUR, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPITTOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,673, dated November 7, 1871.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN H. SEYMOUR., of Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Spittoons for public and private use in dwellings, public buildings, ships, cars, carriages, Ste., of which the following is a specification My invention relates to a device for shutting or opening the top of spittoons Xed in iioors, at the same time automatically closing or opening a valve affixed to the neck of said spittoons, in a more convenient, simple, and efficient manner than heretofore done.

Figure I is a plan view of a structure embodying my invention. Fig. II is a cutsection of the same through line zr Fig. I. y

A is a spittoon. B is a funnel, carrying the deposit in A through the flooring O O. D is a valve hinged or pivoted to the bottom, at a, of the spittoon A, and connected with the elbow-lever E, which is guided in its upward and downward movements by the two ears or projections b b and the flange o working in the groove d inserted in the projection b. A lid, F, is let down in the ooring C even with the top of the spittoon A, and covered with the piece G even with the ilooring C. A slit, e, is formed in the ilooring C under the lid F, which receives the guide or projection f fastened to the lid F, said guide and projection also serving to work the elbowlever E. A knob, g, attached to the lid F, serves to move the lid 1n the desired direction by aid of the foot or the hand. A stopper, h, in connection with the set-screw k, serves, if turned forward, to prevent the lid F from going so far back that thev valve D will be opened; if turned aside, it will allow the lid to go far enough back to open the valve for cleaning or freeing the spittoon from its deposit.

In ordinary use the spittoon requires to be uncovered, and the lid F is simply removed or slid away from the spittoon A, by which movement the valve d is closed by aid of the projection f, which presses the elbow-lever E downward. The spittoon is now used for its purpose, and, when required to be freed from any deposit, the lid is simply closed over the top of the same, by which action the valve D opens. If it is found desirable to clean' or wash out the spittoon while the valve remains open, the set-screw la is simply turned so that the stopper h allows the lid to be moved far enough back to cause the projection f to slip olf from the top of the elbow-lever E.

Having thus fully described the construction and working of my invention, I desire to claim- The lid F, the covering G, the slit e, the guide f, projections b b', the flange c, the'groove d, the knob g, stopper h, and set-screw la, in combina tion with the spittoon A, the funnel B, flooring O C, valve D, and elbow-lever E, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

J. H. SEYMOUR.

A. G. GRONDAL, RICHARD GERNER. (62) 

